Transcendent Dawn

Chapter 520: Chapter 0520: Shocking Explosion (7200 extra)

Ximen Ping was a ‘former’ Senior Three student.

Having just experienced the college entrance examination, he was in quite a ‘dejected’ phase.

His lifelong goal had vanished, and he felt like a rudderless ship, utterly disoriented.

What’s more, he was a homebody.

Until his results came out, he was deep into gaming, killing time, and sleeping in.

“What a beautiful day!”

Upon waking up, Ximen Ping opened the window and marveled at the sun climbing into the sky.

He couldn’t tell if it was just a delusion, but he felt the air quality in his city had improved quite a bit recently.

He went downstairs, munching on his ‘Brunch’ under his mother’s endless chattering, looking lifeless and pale. He felt no different from the living dead.

“Look at you; your hair is so long, and you never bother to cut it…Ayun asked you to hang out, but you just stay at home, playing video games!”

Ximen Ping’s mother prattled on.

“Oh, Mom… Don’t you watch the news? They discourage going outdoors now, it’s too dangerous. Many tourist sites are closing down….”

Just as Ximen Ping started to complain, his mother smacked him on the head: “You’re always deceiving me… Even though the outdoor scenic spots are closed, aren’t amusement parks, ancient cities, and museums still open…? It’s no wonder you can’t find a girlfriend!”

‘That really hurt… buddy!’

Ximen Ping wore a look of anguish as he stared at his mother, wanting to ask who had been so strict before college, but now started to panic before he even got into college?

When did such changes come over his loving mother?

However, he knew his mom’s worry was well-founded. With the current statistics of 80 million bachelors, it scared him to death!

“Sigh… I have no expectations for my life now. All I want is for you to attend a decent college and settle down soon. I can’t ask for more.”

Ximen Ping’s mother continued.

Watching his mother, who had entered into nagging mode, Ximen Ping surrendered immediately, hurriedly gulping down his food, “I’m full!”

He dashed back to his room, shutting the door, feeling relaxed again.

“Sigh… Who knows how well I did in the college entrance examination. Might as well live it up before the verdict is out…”

Reality was too cruel. Ximen Ping decided to immerse himself into the world of video games for some comforting.

Ding-ding! Ding-ding!

At this moment, his phone chimed, indicating someone had chatted in the group, “Señor Ximen, are you there?”

Ximen Ping glanced at it. The message was from his good pal Ayun, and he promptly sent a peeking emoji back.

This Ayun was a close mate from elementary school, middle school, and high school, and if Ayun were a girl, they would’ve been a match made in heaven.

Unfortunately, Ayun was male, weighing over 200 pounds, coming from a well-off family, and was utterly obsessed with supernatural phenomena.

“Important stuff! Watch and delete ASAP!”

Ayun promptly sent over a video.

“Dude, did you just send me some inappropriate content?”

Ximen Ping replied while he instinctively clicked on the video that turned out to be a shaky mobile phone recording probably made by someone extremely excited or frightened.

In the video, a street exploded.

A man, shrouded in flames, walked out from the scene, chasing some individuals angrily.

However, he quickly fell to the ground as if shot.

A circle of black vans arrived, took him away, and vanished.

The entire process, from the Fire Man’s emergence to the black vans leaving, took less than three minutes.

Having watched the video, Ximen Ping found it amusing, “Which movie is this? Shooting on location?”

“You…idiot!”

Ayun sent an exasperated emoji: “This is reality. The appearance of superhumans aligns with recent events and drastic changes in the wild. I assure you… There’s a mysterious power on our planet now, and if you don’t keep up, there’ll be time only for tears!”

“Dummy!”

Ximen Ping responded with a slacker emoji: “As long as novels are updated, translators on I-station are still active, and I can play games… I don’t think the world will come to an end just yet…”

“You…I’m speechless. Anyway, I’ve decided. This summer vacation, I’m going to learn from monks! If not, then Taoist temples, if that doesn’t work out, a nunnery… One way or another, I’ll learn something.”

Ayun replied.

“Aren’t you going to college anymore? Be careful of getting beaten up by the mixed doubles…”, Ximen Ping sent a laughing emoji.

“Who needs college?”

Ayun was speechless: “Never mind… I can’t win with you!”

After lurking for a bit, he pinged Ximen frantically: “Ximen Ping… Get online now, big things are happening! Check the international news. Or else you’ll regret it for life.”

“What is it?”

Ximen Ping, who had just lost a round of ‘Honor of Kings’, tossed his headset aside and got on the news website.

Suddenly, his mouth slowly fell open…

…

Yingle State.

Twelve-year-old Gill weirdly looked at his parents, bewildered by their unprecedented enthusiasm for the TV.

On the screen, the Prime Minister was making a speech: “…We have hard evidence that the arrival of the cosmic wisdom giants is connected to the ‘Transcendent’ events happening everywhere. My compatriots, they’re not gods, but merely more advanced beings than us. Please maintain calm, trust in the King and in the Parliament!”

“So, Mr. Prime Minister, do you acknowledge the existence of the ‘Transcendent’ and the ‘New humans’?”

Reporters frantically shoved their mics forward.

The Prime Minister paused, then replied: “Yes!”

“Then… do the ancient gods and angels in mythology really exist?” A female reporter almost shrieked.

“That’s a question I’d very much like to know the answer to…”

The Prime Minister’s mouth twitched.

…

“Oh, my god!”

Gill’s father pulled open his shirt collar, placed a hand on his waist and the other on his forehead: “Those parliamentarians, those media… They’ve been hiding this from us for so long! For so long!”

“If this is the truth of the world, what will happen? Is it the end of the world?”

Gill’s mother sobbed.

“Dear, we don’t have time for sorrow now, I… let me think. We own a house in the countryside of York County, will it be safer there? Plus… food, water, medicine… I wonder whether the market will collapse. Oh… it definitely will, everything will go haywire.”

Gill’s father pulled away the curtain and immediately saw the supermarket at the end of the street packed with shoppers.

“Get all the cash and cards in the house quickly; we need to stock up too.”

As Gill’s mother was speaking…

Bang!

Gunshots seemed to echo from the street not far away.

The crowd grew even more chaotic.